Two years after the war with Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin has boarded a warplane equipped with nuclear weapons.
Speculation has begun in international diplomacy whether his action is actually a message of nuclear attack against the Western world, including America.
A video of Putin boarding a fighter jet equipped with nuclear weapons has surfaced on social media.
A video of Putin boarding a fighter plane has been released on Russian state TV channels. Putin boarded a Tu-160M supersonic fighter jet from the runway of the Kazan Aviation Plant in the central Russian city of Kazan on Thursday, the Kremlin said.
After flying in the sky for about half an hour, it landed. Through this flight, Putin’s aim was to show the strength of Russia’s nuclear power amid increasing tension with Western countries over the war in Ukraine.
Putin, who is contesting the election as an independent candidate, is confident of his firm grip on Russia’s political system, which he has established over the past 24 years.
At the same time, tension has increased in the last few weeks over the presence of the US-led NATO fleet in the Black Sea near the Russian-occupied Ukrainian region of Crimea. In such a situation, speculations have started regarding Putin’s move.
It is noteworthy that on February 24, 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin had announced a military operation against Ukraine in a speech to the nation on the official television channel.
At the same time, a section of military observers consider NATO’s recent activity as a new turning point in the last two years of the war.